These words are not my own
but were here, long before
I crammed the belly of my mother's womb.
Even still, there sayings are enduring.

They have told us -- to BE....

BE a Socrates…
a light confounding darkness.
BE a constellation…
unceasing as perpetuity.
BE a learner…
of peace, of Scripture, of unimaginable things.

BE…
like Martin,
like Ellington,
like the dawn in its glory.

BE...
an answer,
a transformer,
engaging as the river.

BE…
a sunrise,
purposeful like rain,
daring as the raven.

BE…
a planet shaker,
a history maker,
of doubtless possibilities.

BE....